Why farmers now dread a normal monsoon No major agrarian reform has happened in the 50 years since the Green Revolution. A normal monsoon cannot be assumed as the only incentive for farmers to sustain productivity. It's time India offered its food producers a new deal Reports . Bumper burden Madhya Pradesh witnesses farmer unrest like never before despite a bumper harvest . A nationwide wave Farmers are under heavy debt, but loan waivers only treat the symptom, not the disease afflicting India's farm sector . Rupees 1,402,680,000,000 This is India's agrarian import bill for 2015-16, more than three times of India's annual agriculture budget . The minuscule system of pricing Unscientific prices and other loopholes have made agriculture a loss-making venture . Sick(le) charade The NDA government's new and revised schemes to augment rural development are yet to show any results . Harvest of losses Will the loan waiver announced by the Maharashtra government help alleviate farmers' plight? Columns . An absurd tale The astounding agricultural growth of Madhya Pradesh has many suspenses . Let's also protest at WTO Discriminatory WTO regime towards India is responsible for the farmers' plight . Sorrows of a bumper yield The government must assure farmers that they will not bear the cost of keeping inflation low . The ignored sector Post 1991, why has agriculture grown at 1 per cent while the industry at 8 per cent? . Raising the stakes Farmers cannot escape the impact of global trade regimes. The lack of a safety net makes it worse . Do we have the answers? Troubled by the growing farmer unrest, M S Swaminathan, father of India's Green Revolution, raises questions for experts to deliberate on
Why farmers now dread a normal monsoon No major agrarian reform has happened in the 50 years since the Green Revolution. A normal monsoon cannot be assumed as the only incentive for farmers to sustain productivity. It's time India offered its food producers a new deal Reports . Bumper burden Madhya Pradesh witnesses farmer unrest like never before despite a bumper harvest . A nationwide wave Farmers are under heavy debt, but loan waivers only treat the symptom, not the disease afflicting India's farm sector . Rupees 1,402,680,000,000 This is India's agrarian import bill for 2015-16, more than three times of India's annual agriculture budget . The minuscule system of pricing Unscientific prices and other loopholes have made agriculture a loss-making venture . Sick(le) charade The NDA government's new and revised schemes to augment rural development are yet to show any results . Harvest of losses Will the loan waiver announced by the Maharashtra government help alleviate farmers' plight? Columns . An absurd tale The astounding agricultural growth of Madhya Pradesh has many suspenses . Let's also protest at WTO Discriminatory WTO regime towards India is responsible for the farmers' plight . Sorrows of a bumper yield The government must assure farmers that they will not bear the cost of keeping inflation low . The ignored sector Post 1991, why has agriculture grown at 1 per cent while the industry at 8 per cent? . Raising the stakes Farmers cannot escape the impact of global trade regimes. The lack of a safety net makes it worse . Do we have the answers? Troubled by the growing farmer unrest, M S Swaminathan, father of India's Green Revolution, raises questions for experts to deliberate on